Alumni news ment Affairs Committee and is vice chair of the National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. While in law school, she was the Western Region Director for the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), where she managed and supervised the Western Region Executive Board. She served as an extern in Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ Los Angeles office and began her career in legislative advocacy at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the umbrella association for the Nation’s 120 historically and predominately black colleges and universities.
James Andrus BLSA Amicus Award James Andrus is the immediate past president of the King County Bar Association – the first African American to hold the position – and a former president of the Loren Miller Bar Association. He is a committed community volunteer and has been extremely supportive of the work of Seattle University School of Law. A partner at K&L Gates handling mergers and acquisitions and investments in hedge and private equity funds, he currently serves on the boards of the Central Washington Business School and Pioneer Human Services. He has been an adjunct professor, teaching business law and the Economic Development and Entrepreneurship clinic course. Among his many contributions to the law school, he helped organize the 2010 Red Mass, which honored Judge Charles V. Johnson (ret.) and launched the Promoting Excellence Event for BLSA, bringing in African American partners to inspire students. He is a mentor, a regular speaker at CLEs and other events and a regular participant in law school programs.
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Latina/o Alumni Awards Fé Lopez ’06 La Justicia Award Fé Lopez, president of the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, is committed to equal justice for all. She has been the co-facilitator of the LBAW/SGB free Legal clinic since its inception over three years ago and most recently, has worked with the Latina/o and other communities of color on the police misconduct issues in Seattle. She is also on the Task Force for Race and the Criminal Justice System. As the assistant director for student life at Seattle University School of Law, Fé facilitates collaborative work and communication between students and the administration, staff, and faculty. She helped coordinate the Just the Beginning Foundation Pre-Law Conference, Yakima Pre-Law Conference, Tri-Cities Youth and Justice Forum as well as helping coordinate half day programs for middle school, high school and college age students at Seattle University School of Law. Fé developed the Lawyering in a Diverse World series in partnership with the Access to Justice Institute, students, faculty and staff. Now in its third year, the series provides workshops on issues of diversity designed to create awareness and empower law students and lawyers.
Ernest Radillo ’07 Spirit of Service Award Ernest Radillo is devoted to protecting the civil rights of poor and immigrant communities. Since 2007, he has been an attorney at Columbia Legal Services, which provides free civil legal aid. His practice in Wenatchee is primarily focused on representing farm workers and other low-wage workers in class-action cases involving employment discrimination and civil rights violations. He has also worked in the legislative arena as a registered lobbyist with a team of Columbia attorneys to increase protections for farm workers in the area of farm labor recruitment and employment. He is president of the Chelan-Douglas County Young Lawyers Division and serves on the boards of the Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution Center and the North Central Washington Hispanic Chamber